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Outstanding, Not-To-Miss
2009 Programs and Workshops
“Size Doesn’t Matter But Your Composition Does”
by Chick Curtis
• Program: Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, 7 to 9pm
• Program free to members, Non-members $3, includes raffle of artwork (value
$300) by program artists.
Chick Curtis is a multiple award winning Riverside artist and Board Member
of PAAR and RCAA. He “incorporates the additive/subtractive aspects of print
imagery with the richer, denser oil mediums on canvas and board.” Chick is best
known for his beautiful Plein Air
oils of our inland landscapes and
historic places of intrigue. His
compositions are outstanding!
This is a great opportunity to get
tips for your 2009 competition
and gallery work. Visit Chick’s
website at www.chickcurtis.com.
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RAA Member News & Events
Children’s Art Classes • Dec. 2008 January 2009 Adult Art Classes
Develop the creative side of your child. Ages 6 and up. Class times noted. Small Monday • Basic Drawing with Marcia Taack • 6:30-
classes of 14 students. Price varies with number and length of classes and
includes most supplies. Some scholarships offered. 8:30pm • January 12, 19, 26, and February 1
Just the class everyone needs to be a better artist and
Monday • Cartooning “People and Pets” D. Douthit Marcia can help you. We are pleased she has returned to us
4 ‑ 5:30pm • Jan. 12, 19, 26, Feb. 2, 9 • $55 after a 3 year absence.
Learn easy ways to draw yourself, other people and pets as
cartoon characters. Plus create an exciting world in which Tuesday • Watercolor with Sheila Hansberger • 9:30-
your characters live. Draw trees, cars, buildings, space 11:30am • January 6, 13, 20, 27 and February 3
ships — the sky’s the limit! Wednesday • Watercolor with Sheila Hansberger •
Tuesday • Drawing “Over and Under” S. Meichsner 9:30-11:30 am • January 7, 14, 21, 28 and February 4
3:30 ‑ 5pm • Jan. 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10 • $55 Sheila is a professional, prestigious artist. She is past
We’ll draw all kinds of creatures, swimming, burrowing President of Watercolor West and loves teaching artists.
or flying ones — like sea turtles, horses, and pretty birds. Come enjoy her talents.
Learn how to draw what you see! Spiral sketchbook Wednesday • Drawing Hands and Heads with John
requested for home practice. Brownfield • 6:30-8:30pm • January 7, 14, 21, 28, and
Wednesday • Painting “A La Masters II” S. Meichsner February 4
3:30 ‑ 5pm • Jan. 14, 21, 28, Feb. 4, 11 • $55 John is a retired art professor from the University of
Paint water lilies like Monet. Use thick brushstrokes like Redlands. He wants this class to be definitive and detailed.
Van Gogh and splatter paint wildly like Jackson Pollock. He will teach you many ways to enhance hands and heads
Nothing compares to the creative fun you will have in this and make your people more professional.
fun class! P.S. Wear old clothes. Thursday • Bringing Out the Inner Artist with
Thursday • Painting “Watercolor & Ink Fantasy” D. Dennis Hare • 6:30-8:30pm • January 8, 15, 22, 29, and
Douthit • 4 ‑ 5:30pm • Jan. 15, 22, 29, Feb. 5, 12 • $55 February 5
Create fantasy characters and creatures in pencil and ink, Dennis is a nationally recognized artist, showing in New
and then paint with watercolor pencils on heavy watercolor York, Laguna, Corona Del Mar, San Francisco, and Carmel.
paper. You’ll do winged horses, fairies, dragons, trolls and a He is inspiring and teaches any medium. You will be
creation all your own! totally glad you decided to take the time to take this class.
Friday • Acrylic Painting “Cute, Cuddly Animals” S. Sprigg Friday • Acrylics with Joanne Bergeson • 9:30-
3:30 ‑ 5:30pm • Jan. 16, 23, 30, Feb. 6 • $55+$10 supplies 11:30am • January 16, 23, 30, and February 6
You will learn to mix colors, draw and shade then paint in ***$55 members and $60 non-members
beautiful color. Choose your favorite animal or paint your Joanne is also an experienced teacher, teaching in college
own pet. Paintings on canvas board are ready to frame. and individually. Her application of lots of paint and color
7‑15 yrs. old will inspire you to greater work.
Saturday • Multimedia “Recycled Art” Firouzei Flordelis Sunday • OILS in an On-going Open Studio with
1 ‑ 2:30pm • Jan. 17, 24, 31, Feb. 7 • $45+$5 supplies Susan Sprigg • 9am-12:30pm • All of January and
Celebrate the New Year transforming found objects February until the MMM Show in mid-February.
into works of art! “Think outside the box” and create 3 ***$80.00 for every four lessons.
dimensional forms and paintings incorporating treasures Susan is a gifted instructor and works individually with
found in nature and your own home. Cool! each student. You will see progress weekly in your work
through critiques and persistent works with a teacher who
Saturday • Clay “Terra Cotta Creations” Kristy Bergeson challenges you.
3:30 ‑ 5pm • Jan. 17, 24, 31, Feb. 7 • $55+$10 supplies
Come join the fun and make clay pots to take home: a toy **** Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday are
cowboy’s horse, clay box and clay bottle. Enjoy and don’t 5-week classes at $65 for members and $70 for non-
forget to wear old clothes — you will get creatively dirty. members. For more information, contact Patty Hayden at
793-5178.
All classes at Redlands Art Association,
215 E. State Street Redlands, CA
(909) 792‑8435 • Come in to register, or Call w/ MC or Visa.
Hours: Mon – Sat 10am to 5pm
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RAA News & Events
MULTI-MEDIA MINI SHOW
Remember the Giving Spirit Our jurist, Daniel Foster is an accomplished visual artist
Family Services was thrilled when Tomi Olson, RAA and poet. For the past 25 years he has pursued his passion
President, told them we were collecting canned for painting, installation art, photography, concrete poetry,
goods, gifts and art supplies for their Christmas conceptual art, public art and many other contemporary
give-aways. If you have not already done so, you have forms of art. In January 2009 he will become the
until Dec. 15 to put your gift items in the collection President/CEO of The Community Foundation Serving
boxes at the Gallery. It feels good to give. Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, leaving the post
of Executive Director at the Riverside Art Museum that he
initiated in 2003.
NOTES FROM MCAEEF This show, like no other, allows many “non-fine arts”
artists the chance to show in a juried exhibit. You don’t
In November the MCAEEF Committee was invited to have to be a professional artist to enter the show. Just
Redlands High School by the teachers and students of bring in your best effort. Daniel is looking forward to the
the Special Education Classes to celebrate the completion variety of art I’ve promised him. Make yours stand out!
of the mural “Delectable Art,” which now enhances
the walls outside of their classrooms, and was funded
by the Margaret Clark Art Education Fund (MCAEEF). ARTIST-IN-THE-NEWS
The students from four summer school session classes
were joined by students from Cope Middle School, in Joe Colley will be displaying his photography at the
painting a mural of gardens and food produce. The former University of Redlands Alumni House from January 6 to
Cope students are now in the RHS program. The mural February 28. He will be showing his black & white and
illustrates the students’ produce and flower gardens, and color photos taken along the Oregon Coast, the 3 Cape
the life skills which they are learning by the preparation Loop.
and serving of food to various groups.
Under the leadership of Special Education teachers Cheryl CONGRATULATIONS TO PLEIN AIR
Kennedy and Judy White, and support of Daniel Brown, WINNERS
also Special Ed. faculty, the students treated us to a very
nice luncheon. Those of the Committee attending were The awards and opening reception for the RAA/ Redlands
Lois Fair Wilson, Joan Jensen, Janet and Fred Edwards, Conservancy Plein Air Show was held Sunday, November
Lori Powell, Peggy Dornbach, and Jeff and Suzanne 23. The show featured Redlands’ Parks. First place award
Owens. Among the others at our table were Ginger Peña, went to Ginger Peña for “Prospect Park”, second place
the artist who designed and directed the painting, Emily to Joan Coffey for “Shadows at the Bowl”, third place to
Bueermann who inspired the project and the event, and Leah Balestieri for “Orange Trees at Prospect Park” and
her husband Redlands Police Chief Jim Bueermann, and honorable mention to Pat Ford for “Looking up at the
Ms. Chris Rivera, Principal of Redlands High School. Bluffs Park”. Ben Bridgers, art professor at the University
of Redlands, juried the show. Sixteen artists participated
After lunch was served, we and many of the students from and entered 31 pieces for the Show Within A Show in the
the classes gathered outside by the mural for a ribbon- East Gallery.
cutting and picture. Penny Swartz, Press-Enterprise
reporter, was there to document the event. Many thanks to the other artists who painted for the show:
Luz Maria Perez, Betty Hoadley, Lisa Mozzini-McDill, Julie
It was a treat to see the happy results from the R. Evans, Tomi Olson, Terry Chacon, Louise M. Smith,
implementation of one of our grants from the spring of Patty Hayden, Jerome Lipetzky, Pat Meeker, Ed Sotello and
2008. The committee is currently involved in evaluating Evelyn Ifft.
several new grant requests.
Also, Terry Storzieri and I appreciate the help from Joan
— Reporting for the MCAEEF Committee, Wiley, Betty Hoadley, Jerry and Pat Meeker, Sherli Leonard
Janet Edwards, Chair. and Cindy Lantier.
— Thanks loads! Evelyn Ifft
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RAA News & Events
PROGRAM FOLLOW-UP ART-ON-STATE-STREET RECAP
Cindy Lantier and Sandy Davies are anxiously awaiting Thank you to the event helpers, Pat Fox, Sue Kovacevich,
their finished prints, due this coming Friday (probably the La Dena Evans, Carol Angier, Eileen Brown, Bill Breer, Jim
day you receive this newsletter). Cindy was one of the lucky Gillette and Cindy Lantier. Francis Wiley brought the Beryl
drawing winners of the FREE giclée prints given out by Larkin paintings to sell and my husband, Ron, took the
Fernando Chavez of Sol Digital Studio, RAA’s November leftovers home at the end of the day.
program demonstrator. Sandy was a tag-along, enticed
Even though the weather was dreary and the buyers only
by the quality of the work presented at the program and
trickled in, RAA made a decent $1000 profit. I think it was
Fernando’s low prices. (Other drawing winners for the Free
because we had such a great variety of art for sale.
giclée were Tomi Olson and Jim Crippen. Sue Noon won a
25% discount coupon.) Other behind the scenes vendors made the event a
success... Cindy from Pat’s Pots got us a nice porta-potty,
Cindy and Sandy drove to his Corona studio, an easy 50
Traffic Specialties gave us a break on the barricades rental,
minute drive from Redlands. He has his studio in the
Cheryl Reidhammer’s overnight security saved some of us
garage at his home — plenty of space to spread out the
a lot of hauling our stuff around Sunday morning and the
equipment he needs to make the prints. Cindy had brought
members of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority had their hot coffee
a mixed media collage, 11” x 14”, and Sandy brought a
and cool refreshments.
watercolor painting, 17” x 17”. Fernando talked to each
of them about their art, getting the details he needed to Thank you also, to all the artists who braved the weather
produce the giclées. Sandy ordered a full size giclée and to get the jump on the holiday buying season.
two 8 x 10’s. The initial computer scan of her painting was
— Submitted by Sandy Davies
$100 and the prints about $50... totaling $150. He keeps
the scanned image on file and any future prints would be
just the cost of the prints. Cindy & Sandy each asked for a
disk with their scanned images to download onto their web UPCOMING EVENTS:
sites. They didn’t ask for a disk that would produce a full January 1 Member Dues due
size print, but it probably wouldn’t have cost much.
January 9 Exhibit Take-down, Take-in
A week later, they went back to Fernando to see their
proofs. He produced a 7” x 10” proof for their review January 27 Program with Chick Curtis: “Size
and asked for any corrections. Sandy wanted the colors Doesn’t Matter But Your Composition Does”
on hers a bit more saturated — a little more contrast. January 31 Lecture with Golden Acrylics: 9 to
Cindy wanted some color correction, to enhance the 11:30am. Free to members, $3 /guest. Workshops:
turquoise from her original. Fernando wrote the correction
Watercolor Techniques 12-1:30pm; Oil Techniques
instructions right on the proof so he would remember.
2-4pm. $30 to RAA members, $35/guest.
Then he says, “come back next week for the finished
February 13 Exhibit Take-down. No Take-in.
giclées”.
Gallery closes for the Multi-Media Mini Show set-up.
To be continued.
February 15 Multi Media Mini Show Take-in
10am-4pm
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FYI
Tell your friends: Redlands Art Association Membership TECH TIPS ■ From
RAA membership is open to artists and supporters of fine art. Anyone Sandy Davies
interested in visual arts is welcome to join.
Member Benefits Joan Wiley reminded me of a technique
• Monthly Newsletter: Mailed to you, with Art news, events, announce-
that helps enlarge or reduce your reference source
ments, biographies, and more! onto your drawing/painting surface. It’s called,
• Gallery privileges: Reasonable commission rate, new show every six “gridding”. For example, if you have a 4”x6” photo
weeks that you want to paint into a 16”x20” piece, draw a
• Featured Artist space: Have your own show and reception, at the grid — three lines horizontal and three lines vertical
Gallery. — on both pieces. Examine one square in the
• Discounts: On RAA Gallery exhibit fees and on RAA Art Center classes reference photo and transpose what you want onto
and workshops.
the corresponding square on the blank paper. Like
• Free monthly programs: Fourth Tuesday, September through May.
“eating an elephant one bite at a time”, square by
• Annual art shows/sales: Art in the Park, Art on State Street, Multi
Media Mini Show. square, move the image. When you’re done, erase the
• Volunteer opportunities: Work in the gallery, join a committee, help grid lines and paint away!
with art events.
n Have you noticed the tape used at Take-in? The
• Networking opportunities: Meet artists and patrons of the arts in your
community, and network with other partners of the RAA.
tape has a blue plastic center which identifies it as
• Member directory: Updated annually. Printed and Mailed to you.
the 3M Scotch Tape brand Removable Tape. (It is sold
in a blue box) The tape has a “soft stick”. The tape
• Library privileges: Check out books from the RAA Art Library
will stick to paper but not tear the paper when you
• Website: Full of information of what’s going on 24/7
remove it. While stronger than “Post-it Notes”, it is
a weaker bond than regular tape. The take-in crew
uses it because it won’t hurt the art when they attach
RAA Featured Artists 2008/2009 the I.D. number… although they still don’t use it on
Please mark your calendars. List is subject to change; gilded frames, just in case. I use it when I want to
check with the Sales Gallery for the latest info. temporarily tape something together. Get yourself a
Dec. 6 – Dec. 27 Mary Grinyer Mixed Media roll, you’ll be surprised how often you use it.
Dec. 27 – Jan. 17 Julie Evans Oil/Watercolor Share your tech tips with us! Call Sandy Davies,
Jan. 17 – Feb. 7 Patty Mariano Jewelry 909-798-3415 or email her at rnsdavies@netzero.net.
Feb. 13 – March 20 MMM Show (5 weeks) Put RAA in the subject line, or my spam filter (my
March 21 – April 11 Renne Sampson Photography husband, Ron) will delete your email.
Day
December 27 – January 18 Julie Evans Oil/Watercolor
January 17 – February 7 Patty Mariano Jewelry
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Open Studio for Oil/Acrylic
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Take-In: “Celebration” Hanging
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Painters, 9am-1pm Meeting 7pm Newsletter articles theme is suggested Featured Artist Julie Evans
due Today will host a reception,
1-3pm
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Open Studio for Oil/Acrylic
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Watercolor Group 9am
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Painters, 9am-1pm
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Open Studio for Oil/Acrylic
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Watercolor Group 9am
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Painters, 9am-1pm
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Open Studio for Oil/Acrylic
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Watercolor Group 9am
30 Painting Workshop-
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Painters, 9am-1pm 7pm Chick Curtis Cozen, 9am-4pm